Thursday, April 23, 2009

The curious case of the appearing lego blocks

Ever since we moved here I’ve been finding various things, such as toy soldiers and lego pieces, that surface in the woods within our yard and just beyond the yard boundaries. At first I didn’t think about it much since I knew that the people who first built our house had children. Why else the paranoia fencing around the pool? But they keep cropping up. In the past I’ve just picked them up and thrown them away without thinking too much else about it, but now I am going to document them just for fun.

A few days ago I was roaming around looking for things (anything at this time of year) to photograph when I saw two things lying on the ground that were not naturally occurring colors: bright neon green and bright yellow. The arrows mark the spot in case you can’t see them. For some reason the yellow doesn’t show up very well in the photo.


Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey

Upon closer inspection I found two lego blocks within 50 feet of each other. I photographed them just as I found them—not one leaf or twig did I move.

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey


The strange thing about this is that they were not there a couple of weeks ago. Plus, they are on top of the leaves, not buried beneath them. If they had been left in that spot by the previous owner’s children you would think they would be under last year’s leaves. Are squirrels hoarding them and then dropping them from their nests? Where are they coming from? Any ideas?

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